how to pronounce humane

/hjuˈmɛɪn/

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humane is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of humane in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… muffle noise but humane prison design …”

meanings of humane

adjective:

Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
Obsolete spelling of human.

humane frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word humane occurs in english on average 3.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics humane can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that humane can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) people, society, and culture;